QUINSTREET, INC
Business
QUINSTREET, INC operates performance marketplaces and technologies that acquire customers for clients in information-intensive industries. It offers measurable online marketing outputs such as qualified clicks, leads, calls, applications and customers delivered through proprietary performance marketing technologies and data-driven optimization. The company’s business is organized around verticals with primary focus on financial services and home services, leveraging media buying, proprietary platforms, and analytics as core capabilities. Its distribution and geographic reach primarily covers North America through owned-and-operated websites, search and PPC, email, native/social, partner publishers and call centers.
Summary from filing dated 2025-08-21
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2024 2024-06-30 | FY 2023 2023-06-30 | FY 2022 2022-06-30 | FY 2021 2021-06-30 | FY 2020 2020-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net revenue | 614 | 581 | 582 | 578 | 490 | |
| Cost of revenue | 567 | 532 | 528 | 508 | 438 | |
| Gross profit | 46 | 49 | 54 | 71 | 52 | |
| Product development | 30 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 14 | |
| Sales and marketing | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | |
| General and administrative | 31 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 23 | |
| Operating loss | −28 | −21 | −5 | 14 | 6 | |
| Interest income | 408,000 | 296,000 | 10,000 | 39,000 | 230,000 | |
| Interest expense | −680,000 | −790,000 | −1 | −1 | −696,000 | |
| Other (expense) income, net | −2 | −52,000 | 21,000 | 17 | 13 | |
| Loss before income taxes | −30 | −21 | −6 | 29 | 19 | |
| (Provision for) benefit from income taxes | −935,000 | −48 | 514,000 | −6 | −584,000 | |
| Net loss | −31 | −69 | −5 | 24 | 18 | |
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | −2,000 | −5,000 | −6,000 | — | — | |
| Comprehensive loss | −31 | −69 | −5 | — | — | |
| Net loss per share, basic | −0.57 | −1.28 | −0.1 | 0.44 | 0.35 | |
| Net loss per share, diluted | −0.57 | −1.28 | −0.1 | 0.43 | 0.34 | |
| Weighted-average shares of common stock used in computing net loss per share, basic | 55 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 52 | |
| Weighted-average shares of common stock used in computing net loss per share, diluted | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 53 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2024 2024-06-30 | FY 2023 2023-06-30 | FY 2022 2022-06-30 | FY 2021 2021-06-30 | FY 2020 2020-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 50 | 74 | 96 | 110 | 108 | |
| Accounts receivable, net of allowances and reserves of $2,106 and $3,722 as of June 30, 2024 and 2023 | 112 | 68 | 81 | 88 | 64 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |
| Total current assets | 169 | 151 | 183 | 206 | 186 | |
| Property and equipment, net | 20 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| Goodwill | 125 | 121 | 121 | 118 | 81 | |
| Intangible assets, net | 38 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 28 | |
| Other assets, noncurrent | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 536,000 | |
| Total assets | 369 | 337 | 420 | 450 | 358 | |
| Accounts payable | 48 | 38 | 42 | 45 | 37 | |
| Accrued liabilities | 69 | 44 | 54 | 58 | 42 | |
| Other liabilities | 9 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 7 | |
| Total current liabilities | 126 | 90 | 110 | 116 | 86 | |
| Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | |
| Other liabilities, noncurrent | 17 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 8 | |
| Total liabilities | 152 | 107 | 134 | 154 | 102 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (See Note 11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock: $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 55,473,439 and 54,192,928 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and 2023 | 55,000 | 54,000 | 53,000 | 54,000 | 52,000 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 347 | 329 | 316 | 320 | 305 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | −268,000 | −266,000 | −261,000 | −255,000 | −237,000 | |
| Accumulated deficit | −130 | −99 | −30 | −25 | −49 | |
| Total stockholders' equity | 217 | 230 | 286 | 295 | 256 | |
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | 369 | 337 | 420 | 450 | 358 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2024 2024-06-30 | FY 2023 2023-06-30 | FY 2022 2022-06-30 | FY 2021 2021-06-30 | FY 2020 2020-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization | 24 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 11 | |
| Stock-based compensation | 24 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | |
| Impairment of investment in equity securities | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Provision for sales returns and doubtful accounts receivable | 896,000 | 3 | 581,000 | — | — | |
| Deferred income taxes | 597,000 | 47 | −791,000 | 5 | 4 | |
| Non-cash lease expense | −513,000 | −1 | −1 | −816,000 | 259,000 | |
| Change in the fair value of contingent consideration | 0 | 0 | −926,000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other adjustments, net | −256,000 | −149,000 | 482,000 | 741,000 | 315,000 | |
| Accounts receivable | −45 | 11 | 6 | −20 | 11 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 3 | −5 | 3 | 6 | −8 | |
| Other assets, noncurrent | −875,000 | 124,000 | −788,000 | −173,000 | 6 | |
| Accounts payable | 10 | −5 | −3 | 7 | 103,000 | |
| Accrued liabilities | 25 | −7 | −5 | 11 | 1 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 12 | 12 | 29 | 51 | 48 | |
| Internal software development costs | −11 | −12 | −5 | −3 | −2 | |
| Capital expenditures | −5 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | |
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | −5 | 0 | −2 | −49 | −2 | |
| Other investing activities | −2 | −121,000 | 86,000 | 0 | 25,000 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | −23 | −15 | −9 | −36 | 9 | |
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options and issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | |
| Payment of withholding taxes related to release of restricted stock, net of share settlement | −7 | −5 | −7 | −8 | −6 | |
| Post-closing payments and contingent consideration related to acquisitions | −7 | −12 | −13 | −8 | −9 | |
| Repurchase of common stock | −2 | −6 | −15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net cash used in financing activities | −13 | −19 | −33 | −11 | −12 | |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 18,000 | −15,000 | −12,000 | −36,000 | 143,000 | |
| Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | −23 | −23 | −14 | 3 | 45 | |
| Cash paid for income taxes | 470,000 | 372,000 | 396,000 | 293,000 | 373,000 | |
| Post-closing payments unpaid at acquisition date (See Note 6) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Contingent consideration unpaid at acquisition date (See Note 6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Retirement of treasury stock (See Note 13) | −2 | −4 | −17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Purchases of property and equipment included in accrued liabilities | 846,000 | 1 | 613,000 | 275,000 | 72,000 |